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'''GoodWeave International''', formerly known as '''Rugmark''', is a network of [[non-profit organization]]s dedicated to ending illegal [[child labour]] in the [[rug making]] industry. Founded in 1994 by [[children's rights]] activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner [[Kailash Satyarthi]],<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/oct/10/kailash-satyarthi-nobel-peace-prize-childrens-rights|title=Kailash Satyarthi: student engineer who saved 80,000 children from slavery|last=Chonghaile|first=Clar Ni|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=10 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="The New Yorker">{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/malala-yousafzai-nobel-prize|title=A Fitting Nobel for Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi|last=Davidson|first=Amy|work=[[The New Yorker]]|date=10 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/10/who-is-indias-kailash-satyarthi-the-other-nobel-peace-prize-winner|title=Who is India's Kailash Satyarthi, the other Nobel Peace Prize winner?|last=Lakshmi|first=Rama|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=10 October 2014}}</ref> it provides a certification program that allows companies that pass inspection to attach a logo certifying that their product is made without child labour.<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/18/is-your-rug-slave-free/|title=Is your rug slave-free? Goodweave USA is trying to put a stop to child slave labor practices in Asian rug factories|last=Lake|first=Maggie|date=April 18, 2011|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> It is an example of a product-oriented [[multistakeholder governance model|multistakeholder governance group]].
'''GoodWeave International''', is the leading international nonprofit organization working to stop child labor in global supply chains. Founded in 1994 by [[children's rights]] activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner [[Kailash Satyarthi]],<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/oct/10/kailash-satyarthi-nobel-peace-prize-childrens-rights|title=Kailash Satyarthi: student engineer who saved 80,000 children from slavery|last=Chonghaile|first=Clar Ni|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=10 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="The New Yorker">{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/malala-yousafzai-nobel-prize|title=A Fitting Nobel for Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi|last=Davidson|first=Amy|work=[[The New Yorker]]|date=10 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/10/who-is-indias-kailash-satyarthi-the-other-nobel-peace-prize-winner|title=Who is India's Kailash Satyarthi, the other Nobel Peace Prize winner?|last=Lakshmi|first=Rama|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=10 October 2014}}</ref> it provides a certification program that ensures companies and consumers that the products they purchase are made without child labor. The GoodWeave certification label is the best assurance that no child labor was used in the making of a carpet or home textile product.<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/18/is-your-rug-slave-free/|title=Is your rug slave-free? Goodweave USA is trying to put a stop to child slave labor practices in Asian rug factories|last=Lake|first=Maggie|date=April 18, 2011|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> It is an example of a product-oriented [[multistakeholder governance model|multistakeholder governance group]].


Nina Smith, Executive Director of GoodWeave International explains:
Nina Smith, CEO of GoodWeave International explains:
{{cquote|I got involved in the movement to end child slavery because of a boy named [[Iqbal Masih]]. Iqbal was a carpet slave at the age of four and escaped servitude at 10. (...) Upon his return to [[Pakistan]], Iqbal’s life was tragically cut short: he was murdered for his activism. His death helped to inspire the birth of GoodWeave (then RugMark). I read Iqbal’s story in a [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] feature after his death and realized the work that needed to be done in his memory.<ref>[http://cfp-dc.org/blog/2010/10/19/7-questions-nina-smith-goodweave-usa/]</ref>}}
{{cquote|I got involved in the movement to end child slavery because of a boy named [[Iqbal Masih]]. Iqbal was a carpet slave at the age of four and escaped servitude at 10. (...) Upon his return to [[Pakistan]], Iqbal’s life was tragically cut short: he was murdered for his activism. His death helped to inspire the birth of GoodWeave. I read Iqbal’s story in a [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] feature after his death and realized the work that needed to be done in his memory.<ref>[http://cfp-dc.org/blog/2010/10/19/7-questions-nina-smith-goodweave-usa/]</ref>
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==Media coverage==
==Media coverage==
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Responding to concern about violation of [[children’s rights]] during the 1980s, [[human rights]] organizations in Europe and India, along with [[UNICEF]]-India and the Indo-German Export Promotion Council, a German government agency, developed the program to provide assurance to consumers that the [[Oriental rug|oriental carpets]] they were purchasing were made by adults rather than exploited children, and to provide for the long term educational and rehabilitation of children found working illegally on [[loom]]s. The program was formally launched in India in the fall of 1994 and expanded into Nepal in 1996. Thereafter, negotiations with programs in Germany, Nepal, India, and the U.S. resulted in the formal creation of Rugmark International. An international constitution was adopted in May 1998.
Responding to concern about violation of [[children’s rights]] during the 1980s, [[human rights]] organizations in Europe and India, along with [[UNICEF]]-India and the Indo-German Export Promotion Council, a German government agency, developed the program to provide assurance to consumers that the [[Oriental rug|oriental carpets]] they were purchasing were made by adults rather than exploited children, and to provide for the long term educational and rehabilitation of children found working illegally on [[loom]]s. The program was formally launched in India in the fall of 1994 and expanded into Nepal in 1996. Thereafter, negotiations with programs in Germany, Nepal, India, and the U.S. resulted in the formal creation of Rugmark International. An international constitution was adopted in May 1998.


==GoodWeave International Generic Standard==
==Goodweave standard==
Rugmark International re-branded the certification program and introduced the GoodWeave standard-based certification label in 2009. The organization was also re-branded as GoodWeave International. Certification requires assessment against three generic principles and sector-specific principles covering either carpets or home textles as applicable. The generic standards are:
The GoodWeave International Generic Standard requires assessment against three core principles and four progress principles and covers carpets, home textiles and apparel products.
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*Principle A1: No child labor is allowed
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*Principle A2: No forced or bonded labor is allowed
*Principle A3: Conditions of work are documented and verifiable.<ref>Goodweave International, [https://goodweave.org/proven-approach/standard/ GoodWeave International Generic Standard], accessed 4 January 2021</ref>


The core principles include:
Today the international network comprises producing country offices in India, Nepal and Afghanistan; and consumer country programs in the [[United States|US]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], and [[Germany]]. GoodWeave International is responsible for licensing throughout Europe and North America.

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• Principle A1: No child labor is allowed
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• Principle A2: No forced or bonded labor is allowed
• Principle A3: Conditions of work are documented and verifiable

GoodWeave International is based in Washington, DC with affiliated organizations in India, Nepal, Afghanistan, the U.K. and Germany.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:07, 18 February 2021

GoodWeave International
Founded1994
FounderKailash Satyarthi

GoodWeave International, is the leading international nonprofit organization working to stop child labor in global supply chains. Founded in 1994 by children's rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi,[1][2][3] it provides a certification program that ensures companies and consumers that the products they purchase are made without child labor. The GoodWeave certification label is the best assurance that no child labor was used in the making of a carpet or home textile product.[4] It is an example of a product-oriented multistakeholder governance group.

Nina Smith, CEO of GoodWeave International explains:

I got involved in the movement to end child slavery because of a boy named Iqbal Masih. Iqbal was a carpet slave at the age of four and escaped servitude at 10. (...) Upon his return to Pakistan, Iqbal’s life was tragically cut short: he was murdered for his activism. His death helped to inspire the birth of GoodWeave. I read Iqbal’s story in a Vanity Fair feature after his death and realized the work that needed to be done in his memory.[5]

Media coverage

Media outlets worldwide have given detailed coverage to Rugmark (now known as GoodWeave). For example, The PBS NewsHour reported, "GoodWeave offers a labeling system that guarantees that no child labor was used in making the rugs."[6] According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the organization "has helped drastically reform the hand-knotted carpet industry in India, Nepal and Pakistan"[7] The Guardian said, "GoodWeave's model centres on extensive monitoring and auditing at every stage of the supply chain,"[8] The Philadelphia Inquirer concluded, "Rugmark is not just a symbol of quality. Its appearance on imported hand-knotted rugs is intended as a signal to consumers that child labor was not used in the production process."[9] Channel 4 News in Belfast observed, "Rugmark is the best scheme for ensuring that carpets are slave free".[10]

Responding to concern about violation of children’s rights during the 1980s, human rights organizations in Europe and India, along with UNICEF-India and the Indo-German Export Promotion Council, a German government agency, developed the program to provide assurance to consumers that the oriental carpets they were purchasing were made by adults rather than exploited children, and to provide for the long term educational and rehabilitation of children found working illegally on looms. The program was formally launched in India in the fall of 1994 and expanded into Nepal in 1996. Thereafter, negotiations with programs in Germany, Nepal, India, and the U.S. resulted in the formal creation of Rugmark International. An international constitution was adopted in May 1998.

GoodWeave International Generic Standard

The GoodWeave International Generic Standard requires assessment against three core principles and four progress principles and covers carpets, home textiles and apparel products.

The core principles include:

• Principle A1: No child labor is allowed • Principle A2: No forced or bonded labor is allowed • Principle A3: Conditions of work are documented and verifiable

GoodWeave International is based in Washington, DC with affiliated organizations in India, Nepal, Afghanistan, the U.K. and Germany.


References

  1. ^ Chonghaile, Clar Ni (10 October 2014). "Kailash Satyarthi: student engineer who saved 80,000 children from slavery". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Davidson, Amy (10 October 2014). "A Fitting Nobel for Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi". The New Yorker.
  3. ^ Lakshmi, Rama (10 October 2014). "Who is India's Kailash Satyarthi, the other Nobel Peace Prize winner?". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ Lake, Maggie (April 18, 2011). "Is your rug slave-free? Goodweave USA is trying to put a stop to child slave labor practices in Asian rug factories". CNN.
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  6. ^ Lazaro, Fred De Sam (July 31, 2013). "Organization Fights to Unravel India's Widespread Child Labor Abuses". PBS. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  7. ^ Fornoff, Susan (September 27, 2006). "Righteous carpet making". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  8. ^ Balch, Oliver (August 15, 2013). "Child labour can't be carpeted over by a logo, but it's a step in the right direction". The Guardian.
  9. ^ "A Seal of Approval to Protect Children". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia. September 6, 1996. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  10. ^ "Slavery - Kate Blewitt and Brian Woods". Belfast. September 28, 2000. Channel 4 News. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
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